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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the age requirement for voting in a primary election
Purpose or general idea of bill
To require United States citizens who are seventeen years of age to vote in the primary election, including a presidential primary, if such citizen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding general election.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would amend the Election Law by adding a new subdivision 3 that would allow United States citizens who are seventeen years of age to vote in the primary election, including a presidential primary, if such citizen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding general election.
Justification
Currently, in the United States, the legal voting age is eighteen years old. This leaves citizens who are seventeen years of age and will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding general election in the predicament where they would have to wait until the following presidential election to actually vote. By changing the legal voting age to seventeen, this would increase the voter turnout and would essentially give teenagers the incentive to be more politically inclined.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect by January 1, 2017.
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